βουκέφαλος
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See also: Βουκέφαλος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς (boukephálās)
Etymology
[edit]βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ος (-os, adjective forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buː.ké.pʰa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /buˈke.pʰa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βuˈce.ɸa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vuˈce.fa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vuˈce.fa.los/
Adjective
[edit]βουκέφᾰλος • (bouképhalos) m or f (neuter βουκέφᾰλον); second declension
- having the head of a bull
- bullheaded (epithet of a renowned breed of Thessalian horses)
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | βουκέφᾰλος bouképhalos |
βουκέφᾰλον bouképhalon |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκέφᾰλοι bouképhaloi |
βουκέφᾰλᾰ bouképhala | ||||||||
Genitive | βουκεφᾰ́λου boukephálou |
βουκεφᾰ́λου boukephálou |
βουκεφᾰ́λοιν boukepháloin |
βουκεφᾰ́λοιν boukepháloin |
βουκεφᾰ́λων boukephálōn |
βουκεφᾰ́λων boukephálōn | ||||||||
Dative | βουκεφᾰ́λῳ boukephálōi |
βουκεφᾰ́λῳ boukephálōi |
βουκεφᾰ́λοιν boukepháloin |
βουκεφᾰ́λοιν boukepháloin |
βουκεφᾰ́λοις boukephálois |
βουκεφᾰ́λοις boukephálois | ||||||||
Accusative | βουκέφᾰλον bouképhalon |
βουκέφᾰλον bouképhalon |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκεφᾰ́λους boukephálous |
βουκέφᾰλᾰ bouképhala | ||||||||
Vocative | βουκέφᾰλε bouképhale |
βουκέφᾰλον bouképhalon |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκέφᾰλοι bouképhaloi |
βουκέφᾰλᾰ bouképhala | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βουκεφᾰ́λως boukephálōs |
βουκεφᾰλώτερος boukephalṓteros |
βουκεφᾰλώτᾰτος boukephalṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- βουκεφᾰ́λιον (boukephálion)
- Βουκέφᾰλοι (Bouképhaloi)
- βουκέφᾰλον (bouképhalon)
- Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos)
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Bucephala
Noun
[edit]βουκέφᾰλος • (bouképhalos) m (genitive βουκεφᾰ́λου); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βουκέφᾰλος ho bouképhalos |
τὼ βουκεφᾰ́λω tṑ boukephálō |
οἱ βουκέφᾰλοι hoi bouképhaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βουκεφᾰ́λου toû boukephálou |
τοῖν βουκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn boukepháloin |
τῶν βουκεφᾰ́λων tôn boukephálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βουκεφᾰ́λῳ tôi boukephálōi |
τοῖν βουκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn boukepháloin |
τοῖς βουκεφᾰ́λοις toîs boukephálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βουκέφᾰλον tòn bouképhalon |
τὼ βουκεφᾰ́λω tṑ boukephálō |
τοὺς βουκεφᾰ́λους toùs boukephálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βουκέφᾰλε bouképhale |
βουκεφᾰ́λω boukephálō |
βουκέφᾰλοι bouképhaloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “βουκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βουκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βουκέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βουκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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